Musings on living 40,
happy chaos & modern parenthood.
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Stepping Into the Role of President
As I step into the role of President at SwingSearch, it presented another reflection point in my career to ask, ‘Why here?’, ‘Why now?’.
Facing 40
Reflections on turning 40 and what lies ahead.
My Annual Values Evaluation
My annual planning process helps me make sure I am focused on the right things, as the weeks and years fly by. Here are the questions I find most helpful in my annual values evaluation.
Mid-Life Lessons Learned from a Year Abroad
A move to the other side of the world allowed us to reflect on what we valued and whether our lives and lifestyle aligned with those values.
The America I Return To
The America I return to has a lot of work to do. White privileged Americans, like myself, have a lot of work to do. And luckily now, more of us realize it.
My 4 Hours Alone During COVID
It has been 2.5 months since we started social distancing. My greatest lesson so far is how contagious emotions are. And that I owe work and focus a love letter.
The Wharton Graduation Speech I Never Gave
Eleven years later and a different economic crisis, but the lessons still ring true.
On Feeling Lucky … One Minute at a Time
Maybe it’s true -- much of life can be learned through baseball. Even as a reluctant Mets fan. Here’s how a rainy baseball day taught me more about my son and the lessons we learn together.
When Guns Fire Outside Your Home
Living with the absence of gun violence has redefined what living with liberty and freedom means to me. It is too bad I had to leave America to feel that liberty.
Campus is closed.
My future self knows that this quarantine with my children will be the greatest gift I never knew I needed.
Spring Break Almost Broke Me
For those of you approaching a compromised spring break, buckle up. After 3 weeks of distance learning in Japan, our ‘break’ has had its highs and lows. I am crawling to the finish line. Here’s what I learned …
Silliness, Losing Steam & Stress Eating
For working parents, our third week of distance learning in Japan feels quite different than our second week. Here's what I've learned in the hopes that it can help. Spoiler alert: More silliness, stress eating, and what works this week will not work next week.
So You’re About to be a Homeschool Parent …
Every parent I know agrees that parenting is their most important job. So here's what I have learned as a parent in my new (and additional) role of implementing a Distance Learning Plan for my second-grader during the Coronavirus outbreak in Japan.
Ode to Possibility
A silly poem on the eternal hope of possibility.
Adversity Reveals Character
Living in Japan during a mild state of hysteria over COVID-19 has surfaced several truths. Many of these feel particularly acute since, for all intents and purposes, I am illiterate in a time of public upheaval.
Questions for the Year Ahead
The questions that helped shape my 2019, and that will shape my 2020.
